Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1895 — The Wee One’s Thumb. [ARTICLE]

The Wee One’s Thumb.

Nothingtoo strong can be said against permitting children to suck their thumbs. Charming and heart-delight-ing as this common occupation of the baby Is to the average mother, nothing will more surely ruin the shape of the hands. It Is the cause of broad, flat thumbs In after life. There are preparations to put upon the baby’s thumbs which render these rosy digits less palatable, and after one or two attempts baby will soon forget the injurious habit. It requires capital for every undertaking save to start a joint, a suburban butcher shop, or get married.